Stealing Millions as Teenage Art Thieves | Fakes, Frauds & Scammers

Chas Allen was one of four 19-year-old college students who carried out one of the most audacious art heists in U.S. history.
Their target: The Transylvania University Private Collections Museum -- home to a collection of some of the most valuable rare books and paintings in the world, including Charles Darwin’s On The Origin of Species. If successful, the theft would make each of the students a fortune.
As part of the plan (inspired by heist movies) each of the four students took on separate responsibilities:  One created aliases and backstories to contact the library and auction houses. Another created false documents and disguises to make the group look like old men.
With Allen as a get-away driver, the students managed to get away with a number of items... But a series of stupid mistakes would lead to their downfall.
In a series of candid interviews, Fakes, Frauds & Scammers relives some of the most audacious scams and fraudulent stunts of our time from the mouths of the perpetrators themselves. Whether it’s money, fame or simply an addiction to lying, we find out what motivated these tricksters and whether the highs, lows and ramifications were worth it in the end.
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[@jamesong.a.7695]

Sentenced to 7 years in a comfy minimum security federal prison, out after 5, now only 24 years old getting to capitalize on their notoriety by doing nationally televised interviews and signing a book deal, all for being dumb AF. I have a hard time believing it would be the same if they were 4 low income black kids, a very hard time. And I’m no liberal.

[@AA-bn3pm]

No just stupid

[@johnlenz420]

true but props to the boys for being clever about their theivery. so many stupid liquor store robberies where u walk out of there with 247 bucks, as much whiskey as u can carry (not enough) and a bullet in u

[@cormoran_strike]

At least it's legal.

[@REVIVERAJA]

ON GOD

[@jamesong.a.7695]

@@cormoran_strike my point wasn’t whether or not it’s legal, it’s that if it were 4 black kids they wouldn’t be out so soon and laughing about it on some nationally televised talk show..

[@ToastyAnalog896]

I love the part where he says "we were each going through tumultuous times" while a slideshow of the four of them in a limousine plays.

[@nadiradutt8470]

PROBABLY HIGH READY TO PARTY THIS IS HILARIOUS THOUGH

[@TombRaider666]

Right 😂😂😂

[@AtheniaMaria]

Not even I mean they even had the money to go to college when a lot of people don’t even get that opportunity

[@kwonn1366]

@@AtheniaMaria exactly. Like wth was yall going through

[@snooganslestat2030]

​@@kwonn1366 Maybe daddy cut their allowance from $15k to $10k?!

[@andyginterblues2961]

Wait... they stole a copy of "Origin of the Species", and immediately attempted to fence it at Christie's? And thought that they could get away with it? And were immediately caught? If that isn't a sterling example of Darwinism in action, Idk what is. The sheer irony.

[@xLazarusEnvy]

Forreal hahah I lost it at the "Christies was the ticket home" like they wouldnt think a copy of a book by Darwin, after just being stolen is being sold? Ridiculously hilarious haha, like they dont have lists of stolen high priority things like literature or art.

[@lucasbiaggini]

Well, they're all still alive and able to reproduce, so not really an example of natural selection.

[@schiros123]

Best comment ever.

[@jedimindtrix2142]

Yea...I mean. It's an example of kids being extremely detached from reality and stupid. Honestly the dude talking seems pretty smart. He made a huge mistake and paid for it with 7 years of his life. I have spent about 115 days of my life either in jail or in a facility in which I could not leave if I wanted to. A meager amount compared to that. I have PTSD of sorts related to that experience. So don't think 7 years is a cake walk. He knew the moment it started it was a bad idea. He just was young and didn't want to let his friends down.

[@djnato10]

Of all places it's kept in Kentucky too. One of the most religious states in all of America has one of the most iconic pro evolution books. Double irony here.

[@ATX512thatguy]

Shocking these guys got such a light sentence they’re now profiting from it and being treated like celebrities on tv. What a joke.

[@beatpeace879]

Well at least it paid off. 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@beatpeace879]

They made a movie it was called American animals and I just literally finished watching it now, this is how I got to this channel wanting to find out what they’re doing now. You are right it is a joke that they’re making money out of this and the justice system is letting it happened

[@beatpeace879]

I was dumb and stupid when I was young but not that dumb and stupid 😂😂😂😂

[@21stCenturySpaceOdyssey]

My thoughts exactly.

[@90najay]

Is it not troubling that these adults reckless actions are being glorified and not denounced?! If this isn't the most concrete evidence of white privilege then I don't know what is.

[@Nickname006]

Completely agree as a white person from northern Europe. This video is embarrassing. They are treated as some celebrities with the "boys will be boys" attitude.

[@syrea793]

Absolutely! I was just wondering what would happen if they had been black?

[@_Junkers]

Who is Big Herc? Maybe you'd like to reflect on your own bias

[@davidgalea6113]

Your comment is woke garbage.

[@paxton_6569]

Always the black people saying this kind of thing is white privilege😂 if you think someone should get more than 5 years in jail for stealing a book you don’t deserve to live

[@miaares]

It's so hard to watch this because you know that if these people weren't four white male middle class college students they would never be talking about what they did on a talk show like it's a funny anecdote.

[@Daazeee]

I hate to agree but Yeah lol I can’t see this happening for anyone else

[@Martin16707]

It’s very true and very sad

[@paxton_6569]

Always gotta pull the race card because you know nothing else 😂 all any of you ever have to say

[@Martin16707]

@@paxton_6569y’all always gotta pull the “always gotta pull the race card” because y’all got nothing else to say and because y’all know it’s the truth, racism

[@miaares]

@@paxton_6569 alright edgelord settle down

[@princesstriceestar]

The amount of privilege in the telling of this story is baffling. Like how is crime something to do randomly.

[@loacc3672]

How is that guy not dead? How are they not still in jail? Sentencing/outcome disparities in this country are fucking insane!

[@laxx1559]

@@loacc3672 They're white, which is why he is still alive

[@loacc3672]

@@laxx1559 - Not just white. Middle-class white. That's why they're not still in prison too.

[@ConnorHolbrook419]

@@loacc3672 7 years is a pretty stock amount of time to do on an aggravated robbery. Atleast here in Ohio, many times people get less. My question is did they do time in Kentucky state prison system or was it Federal being that the FBI was involved and they crossed state lines

[@I-dont-reply]

Sounds like a bunch of jealous darker skinned folk in this fine comment section

[@blackdynamite3911]

This is a rub in the face fr.... how you aim a gun at the FBI and still live to talk about it And get out and laugh about it.... must be a great achievement 👏... fucking ridiculous 🙄

[@mayario]

*white privilege*

[@kerry1022]

I'm really surprised that no one had tried to steal the art before these guys. Doesn't seem like the stuff was really protected.

[@PresidentialWinner]

art theft is actually one of the easiest crimes, because of the fact that most art is mostly not protected very well. The theft is not hard, selling the goods is incredibly hard.

[@organizedchaos4559]

@@PresidentialWinner almost impossible, unless the buyer is just as crazy

[@ChickenManiac]

@@organizedchaos4559 You would be surprised, but your definitely not getting the full value of what you take.

[@ConsensusX]

Easily identifiable, everyone's looking for it, almost no one wants to buy it. Pretty much the worst thing a thief can steal. Unless they have a black market art broker lined up to buy it...

[@ChickenManiac]

@@ConsensusX People do buy stolen art, the thieves usually wait a long time before selling so there's less heat and wait to sell it.

[@PHOENIX1699]

"For some reason, he didn't pull the trigger" Oh - we know why

[@jmathews470]

White.....right?

[@jaybuza3794]

@@jmathews470 you know, I hate to pull that card but…. White.

[@turtlepopper]

Shut up

[@haydndouglas4111]

We get it your a racist

[@jamesmc4249]

He put the gun down and gave himself up. That's good enough reason not to shoot.

[@mma1st105]

Why would you do this at all but without a solid buyer? I'm sure these extremely rare books aren't the easiest things to get rid of. Especially Christi's auction. This is almost funny.

[@cr0wsnest]

That would require forethought beyond watching movies 😆

[@rstidman]

A lot of times a Gay heist like this is not subject to forethought

[@arthurias7693]

@@rstidman a Gay heist??

[@saxo689]

@@arthurias7693 probably meant day heist

[@loacc3672]

@@arthurias7693 - The library is named "J. Douglas Gay Jr. Library."

[@lv41anothr60]

let me get this right, these dudes were 19-20 years old, living in their houses already, plan and steal rare books for exchanging for more money. They used plans from TV shows to execute their plans. hmm...arrogant is right! They didn't realized they already had gifts given to them, and they wanted more w/o earning it, not even spending the proper time to become smart thieves.

[@wallegg1499]

I’m surprised you were able to squeeze 10 minutes out of this story

[@Stormtrooper-oc4vn]

Watch the movie it's very good

[@Curegirl0023]

They made a movie, and it was a really good one.

[@joudalbaker5893]

yeah its called American Animals (2018)

[@bigpeef5426]

Looool how stupid are his friends. "Let's take one of a kind stolen property linked to an ongoing case to a high class auction house, I won't give them my real name but they can have my real phone number. did I ever set up a voice mail? Awww whatever."

[@TacoStacks]

I better return that book I borrowed the other week...

[@samanthab1923]

Glad you’re reading

[@mjohnson1741]

If you're white you're fine.

[@TheBrianFlanagan]

“Gooch was stunned and tied up… …she realized that the library is being robbed!” I lol’d so hard. 🤣

[@orangewarm1]

With the right fence and the right organisation this would have been a great heist.

[@jmathews470]

Drop the s and add a z..... (Edited) I stand corrected, didn't know it was a British thing.

[@dengajing2015]

@@jmathews470 realise that the S was always there longtime ago before americans adapted the Z into it..its a british thing

[@jmathews470]

I stand corrected.

[@excusemymouth1832]

@@jmathews470 I always love when Americans try to be a grammar (or spelling) nazi when it's just the regular English spelling of a word. It's called "American-English" for a reason.

[@jmathews470]

@@excusemymouth1832 nazi??? Guess you can never be sure!

[@TA-ud5lf]

the trauma the librarian probs has and the clips of them talking abt their crime like it was nothing is crazy

[@rebeccacampbell8020]

After spending 7 years in prison, it probably was like nothing.

[@joshualucas7690]

7 years wasn't long enough... if they were black those same "Normal College Boys" would've been facing Life in Prison.. smh sad how watered down and white washed this is..

[@johnpineapple1824]

Specifically with the gun situation, definitely a different ending if that youngster was black

[@se4949]

Debatable. I think regardless, in a perfect world this crime is not worth spending your entire life in a penitentiary

[@SebastianTinajero]

I’m just glad the books are safe and did not end up being damaged,destroyed or lost by these idiots.

[@jeremiahgarrick8117]

yes lets sell the millions in stollen books at a famous auction house

[@desmond-hawkins]

I don't think these were books about German Christmas cakes, I could be wrong though. Also these would have to be really great Stollen recipes to be worth millions.

[@xLazarusEnvy]

@@desmond-hawkins Died laughing at your reply hahaha

[@Eskii_NZL]

Dafaq a stollen? Looks like bro needs to steal some books 🤣

[@AveiroDan]

These guys are legends….. In their own minds. (Bunch of damn fools)

[@SuMeK41]

fools for getting caught

[@sababajwa8835]

@@SuMeK41 fools generally. Bad karma hellfire for them God sees all

[@johnmcrosin1746]

Meanwhile a black male in the US is given a custodial sentence for cannabis possession, or killed by the police for selling loose cigarettes.... Upper middle class white young men! Not kids as they were constantly referred to in this piece, steal millions of dollars of books, pulls a gun on a swat team member and gets 7 years, and was probably out in 2-3. That's justice all right!

[@ATRTAP]

Life’s not fair huh?

[@sevendaysaweek2622]

Damn then why is my white cousin in jail for a weed charge 🤔

[@hanshallo4468]

@@sevendaysaweek2622 Because he's not in College

[@SurvivingAnotherDay]

Cry liberal tears

[@belletaunde102]

@@SurvivingAnotherDay and then you guys wonder why you don't have the black vote lmao.

[@dondeigo9218]

If it was 4 black folk the same age with no records, i wonder if the same 7 year sentence would be handed down as part of a plea deal

[@rollysaibot2406]

Right!?

[@78firstclass]

Nope 25 to life

[@Jaedontplay720s]

@@78firstclass and the one that pointed the gun at the swat officer would have been shot multiple times

[@fungus_am0nguz644]

That guy that raised the gun on that SWAT dude sure was lucky. Those SWAT mfers dont play around, matter fact some are just itching for "action" not to defuse any situation.

[@maticvass3262]

The SWAT guy was probably white lol.

[@jmathews470]

Yes, like me.........finger on the trigger and a history of muscle spasms 🤣🤣

[@gruzin6714]

@@maticvass3262 yeah the SWAT guy was really thinking about this identity politics bullshit while having a gun pointed at him...

[@muhammad1347]

He wasn’t lucky, he is white.

[@muhammad1347]

@@gruzin6714 yes because police brutality on black people has never taken place in the US 🙄

[@BlakeH97]

"And for whatever reason my guy did not pull the trigger" when breaking into someone's house at 6 o'clock in the morning waking the home owner out of a dead sleep. And they're thankful the Police didn't shoot? They should be thankful they weren't shot?!

[@jabe6935]

I hate to pull the race card here but I can’t imagine if me and my friends stole millions worth of art , regardless of the outcome, we wouldn’t get to make jokes with an audience on a talk show..

[@natemedeiros60]

That exactly what I was thinking. Let them be brown and it's over. Sad

[@kierentaylor]

It’s called white privilege.

[@MixologistMilo]

You’d be telling stories to your permanent inmate in your cell

[@houseplant1016]

Only 7 years and not being shot while you point a gun at a SWAT officer? Indeed, too much coincidence.

[@foreversocal1]

why not? there's no systemic racism in the u.s. *sarcasm

[@MezherA]

The biggest art heists are the ones not discovered yet 😁

[@TechHippie]

"Lexington is a small town" Bro there are full states with less people in it 😂You probably had more people in your graduating class than I have in my entire town. Can't take this guy seriously after that 'fact'. This was a publicity stunt to get attention, and Vice, you're just giving it to them again.

[@4y5vethgergtfdhb]

Thank you, I was coming here to say the same thing.

[@Zxzoxopeneyes]

Real.

[@konami1979]

I was going to say, a city of 320K residents is not a "small town."

[@JoshPitts530]

If you feel underwater, that’s your conscience telling you to turn your life around.

[@whataregoodpasswords]

Exactly!....When the Holy Spirit says "Wake Up" and you decide to stay asleep!!

[@Iexapro]

“For some reason he didn’t pull the trigger” uh you broke into someone’s house at 5am… just goes to show that cops do not think the way they serve these warrants is wrong. they’d do the same thing if someone busted through their door at that hour.

[@audreydupuy2628]

Damn 7 years.... that's a lot. I don't see why they're proud of their theft though, they didn't even remotely pull it off.

[@agginssawols6861]

Still better than screenshotting nft’s

[@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa333]

🤣🤣

[@Jobe-13]

😂

[@aliciabun1867]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@shadow.banned]

Definitely don't steal art from your own school. You can't just sell one of a kind books.

[@Koshkinayekaterina]

You actually can

[@elijahgavin6706]

You need to have a high profile black market buyer lined up, ideally with encrypted communications. Something these kids never would have had access to

[@eighterthabest9024]

They crossed state lines!??!??!? 😱😱😱😱 Thats the ultimate crime....apparently.

[@MarshallSmith27]

@@Stevie-J no thats not why. local authorities cannot cross county lines much less state lines. thats the reason the FBI exists. its a federal police force

[@organizedchaos4559]

@@MarshallSmith27 not really, they’re not a police force. Just an investigation force with arrest abilities.

[@MarshallSmith27]

@@organizedchaos4559 that was obvious. I was making it clear for everyone else. they do have the right to arrest you so in fact they are a police force

[@wickedzayyy]

to your precious federal government, yes it is

[@laxx1559]

Once the feds get involved it's over with. The penalties are much worse.

[@braveman1641]

5mins in, I'm already pissed

[@jeffemory6615]

☆☆☆☆ oh no poor baby such a rough life in tough times...

[@olskoolbkbk316]

Sounds like unfiltered privilege

[@binkytube]

He also looks and sounds mentally challenged.

[@GotDuhka]

Another reason no-knock warrants are a bad idea. Lucky nobody was killed or injured.

[@tommym321]

Cops love to play soldier. They get to don all that neat gear.

[@meedee1326]

"For whatever reason my guy did not pull the trigger " I can guess why.

[@ChrisCoombes]

Would have enjoyed seeing interviews with the parents.

[@xLazarusEnvy]

assuming they likely declined hahaha

[@ChrisCoombes]

@@xLazarusEnvy I’d have been impressed if they had though - to show a bit of accountability.

[@pelin441]

Watch American Animals

[@ChrisCoombes]

@@pelin441 thanks! Hadn’t heard of it, found this review kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5_GanSrq7CMaM0

[@phtevenchevas3960]

One of the consequences of watching too many movies. It's impossible to steal something that people collect, it's called provenance. Once a well known work of art is stolen, the community spreads the word, and it has no value, it's labeled as stolen and the provenance is gone. The only people that might have bought it would be a Russian oligarch or the supreme leader of North Korea. Anybody reading this.....don't get any bright ideas.

[@davidgalea6113]

im glad you added "don't get any bright ideas" because I was just about to use your expert insider knowledge and steal the monalisa. thank god for your comment.

[@phtevenchevas3960]

@@davidgalea6113 too funny!

[@ramsnation196]

@@phtevenchevas3960 ignore the sarcastic prick, I actually didnt know about the provenance part thank you

[@XMorera1110]

They got community service cause they grew up in a rough neighborhood lol

[@ElonMuckX]

And they still got to graduate……….WITH HONORS!

[@DB-pk3tj]

Worse punishment then the folks in LA robbing trains for goods with ZERO repercussions.

[@foreversocal1]

they did 7 years didn't they?

[@DB-pk3tj]

I was just about to say watch the video lol. Yeah 7 years in prison.

[@78firstclass]

@@foreversocal1 yeah 7yrs @ home in moms basement

[@phyrexiancoffee6324]

I remember hearing about this when I was in Elementary School, and did a report about it in High School. I'm from Louisville, KY so it was all over the news when it happened.

[@simple11q]

American Animals 2018, is such an underated movie. I loved it to the sky.

[@Little_Italy768]

Great flick

[@helderalmeida2790]

And people say shooting games doesn't influence kids to get a gun and do the same. If this guy watched a heist movie to get inspiration so too games has the power to influence your behaviour.

[@panier66]

A no-knock warrant for an art thief. This is bad.

[@2TMarie]

What I don't understand is, why rare books, of this caliber, were located at a Kentucky public library, and not in a museum, or at least guarded??

[@nil3413]

The books in special collections are locked away, you have to make an appointment to view them and you're watched like a hawk. Also, this was not a public library, it was a university library.

[@leweegiggles]

The film about this "American animals" was excellent in my opinion. It's a mix of interview material from the real guys and a very well acted reconstruction of the whole story

[@traviscoates6878]

It was pretty decent...

[@_khaliboss]

I was about to say that 🔥👍🏼

[@haleyjo9154]

just watched and i love evan peters so pleased to say he didn't disapoint

[@_khaliboss]

@@haleyjo9154 Ikr 🤯

[@crextor]

Was looking for this comment

[@chucklesmolly88]

They pulled off every childhood dream to commit a crime with their best friends

[@colechapman6976]

speak for yourself, not every child dreams of committing a crime!

[@goldenwheeledbanshee9160]

How greed will get u caught every time. Been lucky 2 have gotten 200.000 but they wanted 7.000.000. Rich spoiled kid's.

[@jarredsherman2238]

Pointed a gun at a swat officer. ‘I realized I was caught and was going to prison.’ Crazy, too bad he didn’t realize anything else

[@Rosterized]

I wonder why the swat officer didnt immediately blast him dead, maybe the race plays a part in this 🤔

[@Nicko-ir2to]

Why are they not in jail 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@Sinaqval]

White

[@findtruth5329]

I love this! It goes to show how many people are only separated from hell because they haven't died as yet.

[@AveiroDan]

Would have been better if they went to see Rick and Chum at the pawn shop in Vegas! Then have the cops bust them!

[@jameskerr2812]

Best I can do is $5. Remember, I take all of the risk here.

[@lyricdmoney0755]

The movie ->based

[@jarrettthomas4865]

It’s like real life is different from the movies

[@Mattie_LIGHT]

They all probably work for institutional banks now, lol

[@moneymello3359]

Paint them BLACK!!!!… then …. Run the whole story back! 🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️ they get less time for snitching!🤷🏾‍♂️

[@kmarie0823]

"for whatever reason my guy did not pull the trigger" lmao we all know the reason.

[@DanielBlak]

Good on that SWAT guy for not pulling the trigger. Guy is an unsung hero.

[@moonbot7613]

This is what happens when you only watch the movie. Always read book to get your detailed plans.

[@rhythmictiger]

@8:50 so they didn't announce themselves.. Interesting. Imagine if the swat guy did shoot, bet ppl wouldn't rush to defend him like they did with B. Taylor's shooter.

[@bluecollarmenproductions]

The older I get more in to the corporate world the more I understand why people do this.

[@davelee4968]

Wow so thought out, Chaz!

[@theexperiment8498]

Easiest multi-million dollar case solved. Thinking you can sell that stuff to Christie’s…lordy

[@andyginterblues2961]

I was a kinda rich kid in high school, we had a big house in the suburbs that was usually overrun with our hippie friends. Myself, my younger brother, and a friend from boarding school all enrolled in summer school Driver's Ed. class at the local high school, to get the discount on auto insurance. Halfway through the course, our out- of- town friend thought that it would be a cute idea to steal some books from the high school library. The books that we took were just a few cheap paperbacks, I remember one was a book of poetry, "Trout Fishing in America", by Richard Braughtigan. We were such criminal masterminds, of course, we were caught, and kicked out of Driver's Ed. I still to this day can't imagine what we were thinking, we could easily have just purchased the books for a few dollars each. I guess it was the thrill of doing something bad.

[@jmathews470]

Lack of parenting is more like it!

[@andyginterblues2961]

My upbringing was great, but growing up privileged af also makes one "easily led", we were immune to consequences.

[@jmathews470]

@@andyginterblues2961 makes somewhat of sense. Sorry I grew up on a dairy in South Georgia. If anyone of us would have taken or stolen then the consequences would have been.....well not good. We were rich, not in money, but in morals.

[@andyginterblues2961]

@@jmathews470 We actually ended up losing several houses and the businesses to loan sharks, and bought an abandoned farm in upstate N.Y., which we operated for many years,

[@LeventeCzelnai]

@@andyginterblues2961 referring to your "priviledge" is basically the most annoying thing that people can come up with

[@hasanthesyrian_]

me when i screenshot nfts

[@bjeezy]

😂

[@Propain4eva]

8:00 FBI: You’re making this so easy, I’m actually getting worse

[@JoeMaxFpv]

The real failure was not going underground for a prolonged time.

[@loacc3672]

I'm thinking it was the emails with the librarian.

[@pablopablo3834]

They didn't seem to get much time in prison this is pretty crazy. Also they don't seem remorseful they actually sound kind of proud at how young they were and how big of a heist it was even though they failed and were 19! Dumb as hell.

[@LA-ii6th]

The Cop said "I don't know why my man didn't shoot" lol we all know why if he had any sort of melanin in his skin he would have been shot down...

[@brooklyn_breaux]

THIS REMINDS ME OF JOHN GRISHAM'S BOOK - CAMINO ISLAND

[@DNA2000-8bit]

He's sounds about as smart now as he acted at the time of the world's most idiotic non-heist. Stop giving these guys attention.

[@binkytube]

Yes. He looks and sounds mentally challenged

[@GrinerB]

Before it came up, I was thinking how do these guys plan on selling rare books?? Absolutely hilarious to go to a world renowned auction house. This up there with Jessie Smollette paying his accomplices with a check

[@ENESPUBGHESAP]

continuously helped me like you have. I thank God for your presence in my life. Thanks a lot!!!

[@otepdotnet]

why glorifying these criminals??

[@m.687]

Even if these idiots did get away with it, who would they sell it too. They are essentially worthless if you have no one willing to buy stolen art books...

[@DOC_951]

Interesting how the news media think this was all so hilarious and entertaining…

[@commonsense124]

They should still be in prison.

[@jamesmc4249]

For stealing books?

[@commonsense124]

@@jamesmc4249 yes

[@sliceoflife5812]

So Chaz was an informant? His name is not on the warrant but they account for everybody else beside a single redacted name. 🤔

[@rankzwazhere]

They didn't think about the hard part, getting away with it.

[@fellspoint9364]

I wish I had known these books were there before we did the Gardiner museum job.

[@kimberleygoodings1676]

makes my piss boil. a kid can be with someone who commits a crime unknowingley and gets life these rich kids point guns and get a slap on the hand

[@nickolasgonzalez7815]

It would never work an auction house is going to reference EVERYTHING

[@SticksAandstonesBozo]

You always hear about the dorks like this. You never hear about the successful ones that did it for years when they were young and never got caught…… no comment.

[@devinchapman5296]

Imagine if they had a friend who spoke French or some European language and they flew them abroad and ACTUALLY got away with it. But what do I know I’m just a stoned dude with his mind blown by the audacity of these kids lol.

[@daftkyle]

Nahhh the first question I’m asking is how are there’s “art thieves” sitting in suits on a morning talk show?

[@markborst5630]

Murica, kick in the door early mornings when burglars are more likely, with heavy-armed enforcement, at a house of a not suspected threatening 19 year old without a history of violence and producing a life-threatening situation for the police officers involved. Rest of the civilized world, ring the doorbell and tell it is the police.

[@hakanaral]

The work he does is so vital the world needs more people like you lust love the podcast so you put up I love hearing these scammers squirm keep up the good work, it takes good hearted individuals the gutts to do this instead. There should be whole government department buildings filled with *mystery planet org* on the internet doing stuff like this to protect and serve its own scammed civilians. That would be tax money well spent.

[@trewest3859]

“For whatever reason, my guy didn’t pull the trigger…” We know why your guy didn’t pull the trigger.

[@allimsayingis2415]

Art theft at 19 with guns involved at times and all of them are free to talk about it, with no gray hairs? 😂 That white skin got them far in life

[@ATLienbarbie1]

“For some reason my guy didn’t pull the the trigger” hmmmm… come on now… he knows just as well as I do what the reason was

[@Jaedontplay720s]

Sounds about wyte

[@zyourzgrandzmaz]

Tactic interview the eyes and had them on TV doing interviews and stuff like they were some type of viral celebrities is hilarious and gross

[@Gibbostity]

There's a really really good film based on this, American Animals, well worth the watch.

[@MygovernmentNameisLondon]

No, the biggest question I have is: How are they not still in prison?

[@abdulrahmanyoussef5820]

It’s cause they’re white

[@LevyMartin]

Netflix: Let’s make a movie out of this

[@RayUptownDNB]

Normal means white..Heres a video on privilege..Thanks Vice.

[@ivandong]

"I agreed just to drive the car". *10 secs later* "We got it ahead of time to cut the alarm."

[@matthewsatthewsssss4115]

"Im with the Lexington pd and I supervised the transylvania book heist investigation" Im having a hard time thinking of easier jobs